As you may know, Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown amped up rhetoric accusing Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren of using her Native American heritage to her professional advantage, using the claims in advertising and as his opener in his debate against Warren.

Rachel Maddow took on Brown's claims in an excellent segment last night.

Now, a video has surfaced showing Brown staffers making Native American 'war whoops' and tomahawk chops in a face-off with Warren supporters, presumably to mock Warren's Cherokee heritage.

Here you can see Brown's staffers making "war whoops" and "tomahawk
chops", presumably in reference to Warren's Cherokee heritage.
Identified in video making the chop are Brown's Constituent Service
Counsel Jack Richard (camoflage shirt) and -- we believe --
Massachusetts GOP operative Brad Garrett, front and center with tan
baseball cap and gray hoodie, leading the whoops and chops.

Brown responds to the video by doubling down on his racial attacks:

"It is certainly something that I don't condone," said Brown when asked about the video. "The real offense is that (Warren) said she was white and then checked the box saying she is Native American, and then she changed her profile in the law directory once she made her tenure."

To the extent that it matters, the racism behind the Brown/Romney
attacks is likely unintentional, springing from the fact that questions
of race are completely beyond their experience, but if you doubt that
racism, then all you have to do is inject that question into
their experience. Neither Mitt Romney nor Scott Brown has ever had to
prove they’re white. Maybe it’s time they produced some evidence that
they’re not just “passing.” Would that national media sit silently if a
U.S. Senator or presidential candidate asked either of these men to
prove they’re not black, or Mexican, or even Native American? Maybe it’s
time someone did ask. Papers, please.

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